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Thursday, January 31st 2013

Mooney

Derek Mooney with his unique mix of conversation, information, advice and entertainment

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The Irish House Party

Derek, Brenda and our audience in Navan are entertained by The Irish House Party: Declan Quinn on flutes and whistles, Gerry Nolan on guitar, Eugene Quinn on banjo, Aedin Martin on harp, and Gary Grant on bodhrán.

The Irish House Party will be performing at the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin throughout February, and they will be touring in the UK in April. Details of all their dates can be found on their website: www.theirishhouseparty.com.

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Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh

Meath's most famous daughter, Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, has been a journalist, a TV host, a Celebrity Bainisteoir, and a judge in The All Ireland Talent Show. These days, she’s an EU Commissioner, no less, in the TG4 series Crisis Eile.

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Brian Dunphy, of The High Kings

Brian Dunphy, son of Sean Dunphy, lives just down the road from our Navan crowd in Ashbourne! Brian has inherited his father's stunning good looks. But not only that, he has inherited the musical genes as well.

Brian is a seriously talented singer. He started his career as lead singer in Riverdance on Broadway in New York City and went on to tour the world as one of the Three Irish Tenors. He was lead vocalist in Radio City Music Hall and sang the American National Anthem at Madison Square Gardens, and he's now with the Irish folk band The High Kings! He joins Derek for a chat and a tune in Meath today...

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Table Topics

A few months ago we got an email into the progamme from Mairead Murphy, who lives in Dunboyne. Mairead introduced us to a really fun competition called "table topics", and the game has given us loads of laughs since then.

The idea is that people are given a random subject for discussion. And they have to talk fluently for exactly 90 seconds, without interruption, without hesitation, and without repetition...

Now, with heroes like Tommy Tiernan and Dylan Moran, Navan people are well-known for their gift of the gab. So today, we'll hear some "world-class blather" from our local contestants, and Mairead Murphy has kindly come in act as a judge for today's competition.

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Magic Moment: Paddy Pryle

Derek is joined in the Solstice Arts Centre by a man who is very active in the local community. We first came across Paddy Pryle on Mooney last April when he came into studio to tell us about a project he was involved in called Navan2Navan. Forty people from Navan, Co Meath were fundraising for a most unusual trip Navan in Ontario, Canada.

Well for organising Navan2Navan, plus over 20 different local community activities, Brenda names Paddy today as recipient of Mooney's Magic Moments, and gives Paddy two return tickets courtesy of Air Canada.

Air Canada operates direct flights from Dublin to Toronto starting on May 19th, with great onward connections across Canada and into the USA. Full details are available from local travel agents or on www.aircanada.com.

It has also teamed up with Aer Lingus to make flying between Ireland and Canada more convenient year-round, with excellent connections available from Dublin, Cork, Belfast & Shannon via London Heathrow en-route to Canada.

Congratulations to Paddy!

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